CAD-Based Assembly Presentation for Custom Design Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional assembly presentation systems limit design freedom and require users to provide extensive information about their desired assemblies, making it difficult to select and order customized assemblies.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allows users to freely design assemblies using CAD data, generate assembly-related information, and display it on user terminals, minimizing the need for user-provided information by leveraging CAD data to present detailed assembly information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional assembly presentation systems are used, then assemblies can be presented with photographs and basic information, but design freedom is limited and extensive user-provided information is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses CAD data as a digital copy of the assembly that contains all necessary design information. Instead of requiring users to provide extensive information about their desired assembly, the system generates presentation data by copying and processing the CAD model, extracting geometry, materials, and specifications automatically. This eliminates information loss while maintaining design freedom.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables the CAD data itself to serve the presentation function. The CAD model automatically provides all necessary information for assembly presentation without requiring additional user input. The system processes the CAD data to generate bills of materials, component lists, and assembly instructions, making the CAD data self-sufficient for the entire presentation workflow.
2Ease of operation
If photographs and detailed information are required for assembly presentation, then users can visually check assemblies, but the system complexity and information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical approach of manually creating photographs and documentation with an automated computational system. The CAD software automatically generates visual representations, component lists, and assembly information through algorithmic processing. This substitution reduces system complexity by eliminating manual information creation steps while maintaining comprehensive visual checking capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If limited assembly designs are presented, then the presentation system is simple, but user selection freedom is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal presentation system that can handle any assembly design through standardized CAD data processing. The same system workflow processes diverse assembly types uniformly, enabling unlimited assembly variety without increasing system complexity. Users can select from a broad range of assemblies because the system universally processes CAD data from different sources and styles through the same automated pipeline.
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AI summary
The present assembly presentation method includes designing a desired assembly, generating assembly CAD data of the designed desired assembly, generating assembly-related information related to the designed desired assembly based on the assembly CAD data, and causing a second user terminal to display the assembly-related information.